sanity-translations-tab

This is the base module for implementing common translation vendor tasks from a Studio, such as sending content to be translated in some specific languages, importing content back etc. Not useful on its own, but a vendor specific plugin will use this for its chrome.

For guidelines on contributing to this document

In-studio development

1. Clone this repo into a Studio's plugins directory.
2. Add "sanity-translations-tab" to the plugins key of sanity.json
3. Your Studio will need a Desk Structure configuration, here's an example of a schema called translatable

import S from '@sanity/desk-tool/structure-builder'

import {
  TranslationsTab,
  DummyAdapter,
} from '../../plugins/sanity-translations-tab/src'

export const getDefaultDocumentNode = ({ schemaType }) => {
  if (schemaType === 'translatable') {
    return S.document().views([
      S.view.form(),
      S.view
        .component(TranslationsTab)
        .title('Translations')
        .options({
          // Vendor-specific plugins will have their own adapter, use this for dev
          adapter: DummyAdapter,
          // These two async functions are expected by the plugin
          exportForTranslation: async props => props,
          importTranslation: async props => props,
          /**
           * If the translation vendor has different workflow options,
           * such as machine translation or human, pass them here and
           * they'll be displayed as Select menu options in the tab.
           * If one or more options are included, there will automatically
           * be a "Default" option that will submit the form with no
           * additional parameters
           */
          workflowOptions: [
            {
              workflowUid: '123',
              workflowName: 'Machine Translation (testing)',
            },
          ],
          /**
           * Optional function used on translation import to Sanity, if the
           * locale codes used by the translation vendor don't match Sanity's.
           * Receives the vendor locale ID and returns the corresponding Sanity id.
           */
          localeIdAdapter: translationVendorId => sanityId,
        }),
    ])
  }

  return S.document()
}

export default S.defaults()

To work on this module locally, run

npm start

To observe changes to the code, and at the same time run

npx parcel example/index.html

to run the component in a dev server

Isolated development

To develop this plugin as a separate repository (outside of your studio environment) and test it locally in a studio during development, you'll need:

• a Sanity studio with a custom desk structure that uses TranslationsTab (see implementation of Studio Plugin for Sanity & Smartling)
• a symlink configured to run TranslationsTab from this local development version.

Assuming you already have a studio, the following will get you up and running with a forked repo and symlink:

1. Fork or clone this repo locally in its own directory (not as part of a studio)
2. Run npm install to install the plugin's dependencies.
3. Run npm link from this plugin's directory (eg, ~/code/sanity-translations-tab) to create a global symlink to this local instance of the sanity-translations-tab dependency.
4. Run npm run build to compile an initial version.
5. Run npm link sanity-translations-tab inside the directory of the studio you want to use the plugin in (eg, ~/code/my-studio). This will tell the studio application to use the global symlink to this instance of the dependency.
6. Add import { TranslationsTab } from 'sanity-translations-tab' to deskStructure.js in the studio. If previously importing TranslationsTab from an adapter library such as sanity-plugin-smartling-studio, remove that import statement.
7. Run sanity start to run the studio locally.
8. Run npm run watch from the sanity-translations-tab directory to start a watch task.
9. Start making changes to the translations tab, as needed, and they should automatically compile in the studio in the browser.